Solidarity with the workers at Siemens across Europe

Siemens tries to close its plant in Thessaloniki without prior consultation

Siemens’ management announced last Friday in the press that its plant in Thessaloniki, Greece was to be shut down by next month.

News about Siemens in Greece

The Siemens plant in Thessaloniki is to be closed with 240 redundancies as a result.

Link to the complete Siemens file.

News about Siemens in the Czech Republic

Trade unions meeting in Prague demand no redundancies from Siemens AG

Twenty-five trade union representatives and members of the Siemens European Works Council from Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Italy, Sweden, Slovakia, and the UK met today in Prague for a coordination meeting organised by the European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF).

The meeting is the second trade union coordination meeting organised after the announcement in June by Siemens’ AG management of drastic downsizing.

Letters of solidarity with workers and protest against management

I hour strike at Siemens Italy on 28 July

IG Metall Einigung

EMF letter to Commissioner Špidla about the Siemens case

IG Metall press release Sound basis agreed for discussion of Group restructuring at Siemens

Trade unions announce European-wide Action against Siemens’ AG job cuts

Thirty trade union representatives and members of the European Works Council from Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, Sweden, Slovakia, Slovenia and the UK have met today for a coordination meeting organised by the European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF). The meeting concluded in the announcement of European-wide support for the demonstration to be organised in Erlangen, Germany on 23rd July.